“Everyone leaves me! It’s not my fault.” I had a friend who was so committed to powerlessness and playing the victim that his life fell apart. These words came in a desperate and defiant moment,…
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How to Build a New Year Resolutions Support Team
A young reader emailed me recently about her career goals. She wants to be a researcher and teacher but her friends all just want to play video games. She was struggling with the tension between…
How to Create Sustainable Momentum Toward Your Goals
There has been some confusion in our house lately around two different words. Whenever my 1 year old sees a picture of a goose, we usually tell him it’s a goose and that it says…
How to Fix Your New Year Resolutions
“Don’t shop when you’re hungry.” That’s a good piece of advice that gets passed around. Are you familiar with it? Have you ever thought about why? If you shop based on what you want at…
Write Your Manifesto (here’s how)
A manifesto is a public declaration of your intentions. It’s a simple articulation of what you believe and a vision of the world that you wish to create. Whether you realize it or not, some…